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devin nunes takes a lot of hitsandadamschiffisnot hit by the media for how partisan he is. the leaks coming out of his committee, the entire process is broken. the democrats are out for blood on this thing. they're leaking things that creates an entirely broken system where there's lack of trust on both sides. so a year into an investigation there has been multiple leaks but never any actual evidence that has come out about collusion. should we be surprised that a year into that as this is dragging on, that people are putting out different memos and this sort of thing is happening? i mean this environment that has been created of using this russia investigation for partisan gain, for leaking stories -- what do you know, shortly after some good news comes out in the trump administration, we're going to go back to talking about the russia investigation. and the republicans are sick of it. >> mike, you believe the republicans leak just as much as democrats. obviously for different reasons and at different times. >> look, i think the committee is broken. but to lay that at the feet

devin nunes takes a lot of hits and adam schiff is not hit by the media for how partisan he is. the leaks coming out of his committee, the entire process is broken. the democrats are out for blood on this thing. they're leaking things that creates an entirely broken system where there's lack of trust on both sides. so a year into an investigation there has been multiple leaks but never any actual evidence that has come out about collusion. should we be surprised that a year into that as this...

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to declassify this memo from the ranking democrat on the house intelligencecommittee,adamschiff. eneris a letter that is attached to the statement that came from the white house press office about this. we can put it up on screen. it's from the white house counsel. if we don't have that graphic available, i can just read this key paragraph to you. it essentially says, although the president is inclined to declassify the memorandum because it contains numerously classified and especially sensitive passages, he is unable to do so at this time. to goes on to say, anderson, however, given the public interest of transparency in these circumstances. i'll continue to paraphrase here, the justice department to work with the house intelligence committee to come up with a version that is going to satisfy officials over here. we should point out earlier today the president met with the fbi director, top justice department official, the white house counsel's office about all of this. apparently that is where this decision was made. there is another letter here attached to all of this, anderson f

to declassify this memo from the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. ener is a letter that is attached to the statement that came from the white house press office about this. we can put it up on screen. it's from the white house counsel. if we don't have that graphic available, i can just read this key paragraph to you. it essentially says, although the president is inclined to declassify the memorandum because it contains numerously classified and especially...

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the minority members of the committee andparticularlyadamschiffisthe ranking member. the president issued the memo and redacted nothing and yet there were sources and methods that were actually made public. >> so you are saying in the republican memo, there were sources and methods and the white house was paying attention, they were paying attention to the fbi when it came to the democratic memo and didn't on the republican one. >> on the republican one, the fbi and the department of justice both said they had grave concerns. what is in fact classified information. the president before reading it said he was going to release it. so this has been a political process from the very beginning. the president tweets i am vindicated because he thought this was going to be his silver bullet. that this the investigation would come crumbling down because of this memo. like, there is no there there. >> i appreciate your teime. thank you. >> thank you. >> republicans reveal their immigration plan. will the president get his wall in exchange for daca. i will talk to jorge ramos about

the minority members of the committee and particularly adam schiff is the ranking member. the president issued the memo and redacted nothing and yet there were sources and methods that were actually made public. >> so you are saying in the republican memo, there were sources and methods and the white house was paying attention, they were paying attention to the fbi when it came to the democratic memo and didn't on the republican one. >> on the republican one, the fbi and the...

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members of the committee,particularlyadamschiffisthe ranking member. and determine what, if any, has to be redacted. ironically, the president issued the memo, redacted nothing. and yet, there were sources and methods that were actually made public. >> so, you're saying, in the republican memo, there were sources and methods. the white house was paying attention. they say they were paying attention to the fbi, when it comes to the democratic memo. you're saying they didn't pay attention to the fbi on the republican one? >> on the republican one, yeah. the fbi and the department of justice both said they had grave concerns that this was reckless action to make this memo public and release what is, in fact, classified information. the president, before even reading it, said he was going to release it. this has been a political process from the very beginning. the president then tweets, i'm vindicated because he thought this was going to be his silver bullet. somehow the investigation would come crumbling down because of this, you know, memo that everyone said after everything was

members of the committee, particularly adam schiff is the ranking member. and determine what, if any, has to be redacted. ironically, the president issued the memo, redacted nothing. and yet, there were sources and methods that were actually made public. >> so, you're saying, in the republican memo, there were sources and methods. the white house was paying attention. they say they were paying attention to the fbi, when it comes to the democratic memo. you're saying they didn't pay...

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.becauseadamschiffsaidthat steve bannon will likely be held in contempt of congress after refusing to answer questions before the house intelligence committee. but he answered all the questions posed by mueller's team. mueller's counsel team over the course of two days this week. why would he not be cooperating with congress, but cooperating with the special counsel? what's the difference? >> i could only speculate. but one supposedly he is claiming that the white house is -- is asserting an executive privilege and keeping him from testifying before the committees on the hill. now, whether that's true or not or the extent to which the white house is doing that, i don't know. i think his options are much more limited with the special prosecutor, that he doesn't have much protection there. and that he has to answer legitimate questions. and that's what's going on. >> yes. >> and you know also. >> go ahead, laura. >> to that point, think about it. mueller's power could lead him to incarceration. >> right. >> congressional power could lead him to getting perhaps a slap on the wrist or

. because adam schiff said that steve bannon will likely be held in contempt of congress after refusing to answer questions before the house intelligence committee. but he answered all the questions posed by mueller's team. mueller's counsel team over the course of two days this week. why would he not be cooperating with congress, but cooperating with the special counsel? what's the difference? >> i could only speculate. but one supposedly he is claiming that the white house is -- is...

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he's talkingaboutadamschifforthe russia investigation or president obama, it's like groundhog day with russia and covering the tweets. >> it's on the mind of literally every single person i know. why is it not on his mind? >> he was down there visiting to the people who want to save him. >> you don't think talking about the fbi investigation and making it about him and making some crazy claim that they didn't follow up because they were spending too much time on russia isn't insulting to the kids? >> no, and my pushback would be where is the president inaccurate in his tweets? he is a massive tweeter. adam schiff said he is a massive tweeter. >> he's doing it for the reasons we're here now. we're getting into a discussion of what's true or not true about the russian investigation. we're not talking about children dying. what was so striking to me today is this j.r. student who they are planning to have him buried with military rights or honors. it's incredible dying in a combat situation in the united states and the president won't even go to these people and meet with them. h

he's talking about adam schiff or the russia investigation or president obama, it's like groundhog day with russia and covering the tweets. >> it's on the mind of literally every single person i know. why is it not on his mind? >> he was down there visiting to the people who want to save him. >> you don't think talking about the fbi investigation and making it about him and making some crazy claim that they didn't follow up because they were spending too much time on russia...

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, fake rallies the works. blaming it all on the last president. his tweet.littleadamschiff, nowblaming the obama administration. >> we should have called them out much earlier. while i respect the motive, they didn't want to be seen as meddling. the american people had a right to know what was going on. and they should have defended being more public and aggressive at the time at least in my view. >> now, it is a completely fair point to debate. but it is untrue to say they did nothing as the president has. intelligence committee weighed. and he tried to get congress to act but was blocked. he confronted vladimir putin face to face. and all of those things were reported at the time on cable news. also, the president tried to suggest he never really down-played the russian threat quote i never did say ruche did not meddle in the election. i said it may be russia. here is what he actually said board air force one last fall. every time he sees me, he said i didn't do that. and i believe that when he tells me that he means it. and well it is three, and one is brennan and one is wha

, fake rallies the works. blaming it all on the last president. his tweet. little adam schiff, now blaming the obama administration. >> we should have called them out much earlier. while i respect the motive, they didn't want to be seen as meddling. the american people had a right to know what was going on. and they should have defended being more public and aggressive at the time at least in my view. >> now, it is a completely fair point to debate. but it is untrue to say they did...

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president. his tweet,"littleadamschiff, nowblaming the obama administration for russian meddling in the 2016 election. he is finally right about something. obama was president, knew of the threat and did nothing." while i respect the motive, they didn't want to be seen as meddling. the american people had a right to know what was going on. and they should have defended being more public and aggressive at the time at least in my view. >> now, it is a completely fair point to debate. but it is untrue to say they did nothing as the president has. intelligence committee weighed. and he tried to get congress to act but was blocked. he confronted vladimir putin face to face. and president elect trump was briefed on all of this. and all of those things were reported at the time on cable news, which the president watches obsessively, even though he pretends he doesn't. also, the president tried to suggest he never really down-played the russian threat quote, i never did say russia did not meddle in the election. i said it may be russia. here is what he actually said board air force one last fal

president. his tweet, "little adam schiff, now blaming the obama administration for russian meddling in the 2016 election. he is finally right about something. obama was president, knew of the threat and did nothing." while i respect the motive, they didn't want to be seen as meddling. the american people had a right to know what was going on. and they should have defended being more public and aggressive at the time at least in my view. >> now, it is a completely fair point to...

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on yourcommitteeadamschiffspoketoday with wolf blitzer. >> what it end up delivering is criticism of a single fisa application involving carter page and the reyule. that cherry picks information that doesn't tell the reader the whole of the application. and the deeply misleading. and inaccurate. you can cherry pick any search warrant application or fisa court application and do the sa same thing. >> all right. your response? >> yes, just simply not true. and time will show that it's not true. we look forward to the democratic response to this. we look forward to the fbi response. i hope the fbi does respond. i hope we can declassify and show more and more of this information. when we do, just like a couple days ago when we talked we said let's let the memo be judged on its own merit. let the memo and the democratic response to be judged on its own merits. everything in the memo is accurate and true. >> so one of the things that democrats are saying is that this statement is misleading. that deputy director andy mccabe testified before your committee in december 2016 no s

on your committee adam schiff spoke today with wolf blitzer. >> what it end up delivering is criticism of a single fisa application involving carter page and the reyule. that cherry picks information that doesn't tell the reader the whole of the application. and the deeply misleading. and inaccurate. you can cherry pick any search warrant application or fisa court application and do the sa same thing. >> all right. your response? >> yes, just simply not true. and time will...

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nunes i have not actually reviewed the fisa applicationthemselvesadamschiffandtrey gowdy have. that work was originated by a republican opposition research effort. >> and congressman jordan you haven't seen either. >> no we are not permitted to. i called wray show us the application. show us the information. >> he was suspected for an agent. and that was why they were asking for a warrant to surveil. >> if you had other information on carter page, why didn't you use it. why did you rely on the dossier. >> congressman himes was clear. they didn't tell the court that the democratic national committee paid for it. >> like the nunes memo that is a mi misrepresentation of the facts. remember this, congressman jordan said four times they went to the fisa court and that is exactly right. four times they went and under the rules each of those times when they apply for a renewal of that fisa warrant, they would have to convince the judge not just that the original information was solid, but that the surveillance was producing a new evidence. that is indicative of the fact that these wi

nunes i have not actually reviewed the fisa application themselves adam schiff and trey gowdy have. that work was originated by a republican opposition research effort. >> and congressman jordan you haven't seen either. >> no we are not permitted to. i called wray show us the application. show us the information. >> he was suspected for an agent. and that was why they were asking for a warrant to surveil. >> if you had other information on carter page, why didn't you...

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the underlying intelligence either, correct?onlyadamschiffhas,only the ranking member of the committee, correct? >> i've been briefed on the fisa application, the top secret aspects by our staff. >> the memo says that the fisa court was not told that the funding came from the clinton campaign and the dnc. you, i think, are saying they were told it came from some kind of political connections. there's a distinction there, isn't there? >> what i can tell you in our memo i think will provide greater clarity on this is that the court was told and given evidence that demonstrated the underlying political motivations. again, john, i can't say more because they've kind of muzzled us because they voted to not allow our memo to come forward. but if our memo comes forward, that will be cleared up. >> sure, the court had been told that the funding came from the clinton campaign and democratic sources. >> again, john, i can't go into what the court was told. >> i'm talking about in a perfect world. do you think that a court should be told that a memo like this, if it's being used -- or a

the underlying intelligence either, correct? only adam schiff has, only the ranking member of the committee, correct? >> i've been briefed on the fisa application, the top secret aspects by our staff. >> the memo says that the fisa court was not told that the funding came from the clinton campaign and the dnc. you, i think, are saying they were told it came from some kind of political connections. there's a distinction there, isn't there? >> what i can tell you in our memo i...

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applicationsthemselves.adamschiffandtrey gowdy have. but what i'm told is that the judge was not hoodwinked. remember, it's not just democratic. that work was originated by a republican opposition research effort. >> and congressman jordan, you haven't seen the underlying intelligence either, have you, sir? >> no, we're not permitted to. i asked christopher wray, director wray, show us the application. show us what was put together to go get this warrant to spy on a fellow citizen at a secret court. show us that information. we haven't seen it. >> well, he was a suspected foreign agent. that was why they were asking for a warrant to surveil him. >> if you had -- i heard congressman schiff say on the previous segment, if you had other information on carter page, why didn't you use it? why did you rely on the dossier? >> hang on. >> why tell the court -- >> let's ask congressman himes. >> congressman himes is clear. they didn't tell the court that the democratic national committee paid for it. that's an important fact. >> okay. did they rely exclusively on the dossier, congressman

applications themselves. adam schiff and trey gowdy have. but what i'm told is that the judge was not hoodwinked. remember, it's not just democratic. that work was originated by a republican opposition research effort. >> and congressman jordan, you haven't seen the underlying intelligence either, have you, sir? >> no, we're not permitted to. i asked christopher wray, director wray, show us the application. show us what was put together to go get this warrant to spy on a fellow...

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clear. we spoke to the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committeetodayadamschiffandhe isn't certain she is going to answer questions. steve bannon refused to answer many questions citing in effect white house claim of executive privilege of giving leeway from answering questions about that. so we don't know what will happen tomorrow. will she go there, will she answer most questions or refuse. the intelligence committee is still intending to issue a contempt order for steve bannon for refusing to answer questions you can imagine they do the same to hope if she does as well. the two essential claims of the republican memo known as the nunes memo is one the fbi's investigation was based othentiy on this steele dossier. on that issue, the democratic memo attempts to rebut it by noting the time line. the fbi opened its counterintelligence investigation seven weeks before the fbi team got access to that steele dossier. so it is a credible rebuttal on that point. the other key point of the republican memo was that when the fbi was seeking a memo to surveil, that it did not r

clear. we spoke to the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee today adam schiff and he isn't certain she is going to answer questions. steve bannon refused to answer many questions citing in effect white house claim of executive privilege of giving leeway from answering questions about that. so we don't know what will happen tomorrow. will she go there, will she answer most questions or refuse. the intelligence committee is still intending to issue a contempt order for steve...

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out that earlier today he lashed outatadamschiff. thepresidentcallshimadamschiff. andcalling devin nunes a man of tremendous courage and grift t.y let's focus on the idea that the president is pushing that the nunes memo totally somehow vindicate trumps. whatever else you might think of the nunes document, whether you believe as the fbi does it contains omissions of fact. the memo does not exonerate or vindicate anyone let alone president trump. it deals with applications for pfizer warrants. the memo alleges, andrew mccabe told the house intelligence committee that no warn the would not have been sought without the steele dossier. opposition research on candidate trump by a conservative media outlet and later hired by the dnc and lawyers of the clinton campaign. three subsequent renewal applications was the clinton application disclosed. democrats say that the court was told there was some sort of political motivation behind the fusion gps information. legal experts telling us the dossier would not have been the soul basis for the warrant. carter page had been on the radar f

out that earlier today he lashed out at adam schiff. the president calls him adam schiff. and calling devin nunes a man of tremendous courage and grift t.y let's focus on the idea that the president is pushing that the nunes memo totally somehow vindicate trumps. whatever else you might think of the nunes document, whether you believe as the fbi does it contains omissions of fact. the memo does not exonerate or vindicate anyone let alone president trump. it deals with applications for pfizer...

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democratic rebuttal to the nunes memo to the president. as wellasadamschiffiscalling attention to. chairman nunes' continued refusal to say whether his own memo had input from the white house. today he declined to comment saying, quote, you know the rules. we don't talk about committee business. that's despite his two recent interviews on fox news. as for the question of collaborating with the white house, which as you know chairman nunes has done before in the so called unmasking scandal, i spoke with mike quigley who challenged the chairman on it for a second time today. >> you don't want to give anybody an out because you don't ask a specific enough question. so i try to say members of the committee, himself, his staff. every possible. prepared, reviewed, communicated with the white house about the memo. again, i was the only member he wouldn't answer questions for. he answered another member's question, and he said, i'll answer your question because i like you. so besides having my feelings hurt, he didn't answer the question, and as my colleague mr. schiff said at the very

democratic rebuttal to the nunes memo to the president. as well as adam schiff is calling attention to. chairman nunes' continued refusal to say whether his own memo had input from the white house. today he declined to comment saying, quote, you know the rules. we don't talk about committee business. that's despite his two recent interviews on fox news. as for the question of collaborating with the white house, which as you know chairman nunes has done before in the so called unmasking...

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house intelligence committee's rankingdemocrat,adamschiff, orthe president now calls him little adam schiff, and he also heaped praise on devin nunes, calling him a man of tremendous courage and grit who may someday be recognized as a great american hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure. putting that prediction aside, let's focus on the idea that the president is pushing that the nunes memo somehow, quote, totally vindicates trump. keeping him honest, whatever else you might think of the nunes document, whether you believe as the fbi does that it contains, quote, material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy, one thing is plain just from reading it. the memo does not exonerate or vindicate anyone, let alone president trump. it largely deals with applications for fisa surveillance court warrants targeting carter page, the one-time foreign policy adviser to the trump campaign. the memo alleges deputy fbi director andrew mccabe told the house intelligence committee that no warrant would have been sought without the steele dossier info

house intelligence committee's ranking democrat, adam schiff, or the president now calls him little adam schiff, and he also heaped praise on devin nunes, calling him a man of tremendous courage and grit who may someday be recognized as a great american hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure. putting that prediction aside, let's focus on the idea that the president is pushing that the nunes memo somehow, quote, totally vindicates trump. keeping him honest, whatever else you...

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make this decision not to declassify this memo from the ranking democrat rankingcommitteeadamschiff. ican read this key paragraph for you it says although the president is inclined to declassify the memorandum, he is unable to do so at this time. and it goes on to say, anderson, however, given the public interest in transparency and circumstances the president instructed the justice department to work with the house intelligence committee and come up with a version that is going to satisfy officials here. earlier today the president met with white house counsel office about all of this. and that is where the decision was made. there is another letter here attach. this is to rod rosenstein. we have been talking about rod rosenstein quite a bit and chris wray. it is instructing democrats to come up with more suitable althou alternatives. some of the information they consider too sensitive to release this evening. i can't just report all of that and be hey, that's it, end of stair, because obviously, you are going to have political considerations, one is the republican memo, the devin nu

make this decision not to declassify this memo from the ranking democrat ranking committee adam schiff. i can read this key paragraph for you it says although the president is inclined to declassify the memorandum, he is unable to do so at this time. and it goes on to say, anderson, however, given the public interest in transparency and circumstances the president instructed the justice department to work with the house intelligence committee and come up with a version that is going to satisfy...

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important for the american people to see. transparency. it's so hypocritical. i don'tthinkadamschiffwasso happy to see this happen if you look at his tweet tonight. >> he says he's going to work with them. >> what choice does he have? >> what choice does he have? >> that's my point. he didn't throw up his hands. he says, sure, let's do it. >> paris, the fbi said about the nunes memo that they had grave concerns about it being released. i don't see them saying they have grave concerns about this memo. they've just been directed by the president to work with the democrats. >> well, look, someone -- these memos are political in nature when you look at what is going on inside of the memos. and you can ask yourself, well, did the fbi think that this memo had something to do with vindicating the trump administration as to why they felt grave concerns because it wasn't redacted to the level that many people thought it was going to be. it was politically damning for the democrats, and it was actually something that was beneficial to the trump narrative about what transpired. but i think we are

important for the american people to see. transparency. it's so hypocritical. i don't think adam schiff was so happy to see this happen if you look at his tweet tonight. >> he says he's going to work with them. >> what choice does he have? >> what choice does he have? >> that's my point. he didn't throw up his hands. he says, sure, let's do it. >> paris, the fbi said about the nunes memo that they had grave concerns about it being released. i don't see them saying...

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your point and i talkedtoadamschiffaboutthis, he has not seen the underlying evidence. >> here is what i can say. this investigation began independently of the steel dossier. that's as important statement as i can make. if the minority memo is released and the public or at least congress is allowed to read that, it is a more scholarly memo with footnotes which point by point rebuts every aspect of the four page majority memo and i believe it will bolster the integrity of the entire investigation. it is a rush to action instead of a delivery attempt. we rush some material which is basically a lie and it is misleading and inappropriate and it hurts our national security. putting us all in extraordinarily difficult position. destroying the trust that is keeping us safe. >> you are saying you can say with complete accuracy that the so-called steel dossier was not the basis for the fisa application? >> what i am saying is this investigation that began as a counterintelligence investigation began independently of the steel dossier. >> appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much. c

your point and i talked to adam schiff about this, he has not seen the underlying evidence. >> here is what i can say. this investigation began independently of the steel dossier. that's as important statement as i can make. if the minority memo is released and the public or at least congress is allowed to read that, it is a more scholarly memo with footnotes which point by point rebuts every aspect of the four page majority memo and i believe it will bolster the integrity of the entire...

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evidence to support that claim. nunes himself to your point and i talkedtoadamschiffaboutthis and he has not seen the under lining evidence. >> this investigation began independently of the steel dossier, that's an important statement as i can make. if the minority memo is released in the public or at least congress is allowed to read that, it is a more scholarly report with actual footnotes which will point by point, i believe it will bolster the integrity of the entire investigation. this is a rush to action. it is not a return to judge t s this. it is a delivered attempt to judge and totality of circumstances. we like to see this where members of congress are allowed to do this but instead we rushed materials which is a lie and misleading and it is inappropriate and it hurts our national security, putting us all in an extraordinary position, destroying the trust and relationship that's critical in keeping us safe between the intelligence agencies and congress. >> let me repeat that, you are saying that you can say with complete accuracies that these so called steel dossier was not

evidence to support that claim. nunes himself to your point and i talked to adam schiff about this and he has not seen the under lining evidence. >> this investigation began independently of the steel dossier, that's an important statement as i can make. if the minority memo is released in the public or at least congress is allowed to read that, it is a more scholarly report with actual footnotes which will point by point, i believe it will bolster the integrity of the entire...

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.adamschiffnotjust opposing its release, but also claiming the memo's republican author, former trump transition member, devin nunes, made significant changes to it before sending it over to the white house. cnn learning the president himself is saying the memo could help discredit the russia investigation. his chief of staff john kelly and house speaker paul ryan also want the memo released. i want to begin with cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house. we're hearing why the president wants this memo out so badly, he's being pretty up-front about this with friends and associates. >> reporter: that's exactly right, brianna. the president just departed the white house, going to that republican retreat in west virginia and as he walked out on the south lawn to board marine one, he did not answer questions from reporters. you can see him right there walking over to marine one, but, yes, the latest breaking news from the white house -- cnn white house team is that the president believes this controversial secret memo could serve to discredit the entire russia investigation if it is

. adam schiff not just opposing its release, but also claiming the memo's republican author, former trump transition member, devin nunes, made significant changes to it before sending it over to the white house. cnn learning the president himself is saying the memo could help discredit the russia investigation. his chief of staff john kelly and house speaker paul ryan also want the memo released. i want to begin with cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house. we're hearing why the president...

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week for thehouse.adamschiffisgetting ready to sit down and talk about redacted materials. president trump tweeting, it's very political and long. it's the response to devin nunes' memo which suggests abuses of the democratic campaign, but the democrats push back saying their version shows a different story. we're going to our correspondent jessica schneider. where does this fight go now? >> the next step on this is for the top democratic representative on the committee, adam schiff, to meet concerns about the memo. schiff is promising to listen to the fbi and then redact whatever the fbi suggests to protect those sources and methods. it was friday when the president decided not to declassify the democrats' memo. in a letter he sent, he said it's significant concerns for national security and law enforcement if it was released, but the president, he did also leave the door wide open. the white house counsel in that letter said the president may be inclined to declassify the memo if the committee works with the justice department and the fbi to address some of the concerns

week for the house. adam schiff is getting ready to sit down and talk about redacted materials. president trump tweeting, it's very political and long. it's the response to devin nunes' memo which suggests abuses of the democratic campaign, but the democrats push back saying their version shows a different story. we're going to our correspondent jessica schneider. where does this fight go now? >> the next step on this is for the top democratic representative on the committee, adam...

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, rod rosenstein, the justice department, for their concerns about thedemocraticadamschiffmemo.in one week span. so on one hand, he ignored it. on the other hand, he cited it. if you work for the fbi, that has to be -- you're clearly being used when it is advantageous to donald trump. >> they're trying to take the high road and say even though one memo was released which they disagree with, they don't look at it, well, we have to release the other one because the first one was released. they care about the protection of the information and that's going to be their theme. >> i want to see what you thought about something that senator susan collins, republican from maine, talked to the fbi director about, who really i was surprised has been somewhat the star of the show when it comes to this hearing. here's what she was asking him about when it came to what a really unprecedented in recent decades, clearly politically motivated attacks on the fbi, on the doj, by president trump. >> the president has repeatedly raised concerns about current and former fbi leaders and has alleged

, rod rosenstein, the justice department, for their concerns about the democratic adam schiff memo. in one week span. so on one hand, he ignored it. on the other hand, he cited it. if you work for the fbi, that has to be -- you're clearly being used when it is advantageous to donald trump. >> they're trying to take the high road and say even though one memo was released which they disagree with, they don't look at it, well, we have to release the other one because the first one was...

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changes for sure that are wanted. we've heardfromadamschiff, whois the top democrat in charge of this memo, that he doesn't want things -- basically what he wants, if there are going to be redactions he wants redacti redactions, he doesn't want to rewrite and revise it. that would then mean that a memo gets released with a lot of blanked out space over the several pages, right? >> it shouldn't have a lot of blanked out space, having read the memo, there is not information in my opinion that would reveal sources more methods. >> but if the fbi says so, what do you think? >> again, we're hearing this secondhand. keep in mind president trump overrode the fbi's objections and releasing the nunes memo, not clear why all of a sudden why he thinks objections to a democratic memo or any more important. it's up to the white house to do redactions if they want to but i don't think there should be any. they are trying to play partisan politics. it shows, prints out facts about what actually happened and they directly contradict the nunes memo and the president is not vindicated whatsoever i

changes for sure that are wanted. we've heard from adam schiff, who is the top democrat in charge of this memo, that he doesn't want things -- basically what he wants, if there are going to be redactions he wants redacti redactions, he doesn't want to rewrite and revise it. that would then mean that a memo gets released with a lot of blanked out space over the several pages, right? >> it shouldn't have a lot of blanked out space, having read the memo, there is not information in my...

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the committee have written, ledbyadamschiff, soit obviously rebuts the republican memo that says the fbi abused surveillance powers. schiff said this is going to be out this week. is that your expectation as well? >> i hope it is. it is funny, there has been so much water under the bridge with all that happened in florida, and with the indictments out of bob mueller's office. there has been so much water under the bridge. i think the reality is that the american public came to see the nunes memo for what it is, which was a big nothing. but nonetheless, there were allegations that were made in the mim yemmemo. and the american people deserve to know that those were not accurate, that the fbi and the doj are compromised of good people, not acting politically, and doing their work on the american people's behalf. i do want to see that democratic r refutation. i do hope it comes out this week. >> congressman jim himes, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, president trump speaks to state and local officials on how to protect american schools. we're going to bring that to yo

the committee have written, led by adam schiff, so it obviously rebuts the republican memo that says the fbi abused surveillance powers. schiff said this is going to be out this week. is that your expectation as well? >> i hope it is. it is funny, there has been so much water under the bridge with all that happened in florida, and with the indictments out of bob mueller's office. there has been so much water under the bridge. i think the reality is that the american public came to see...

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nothing and calling theauthoradamschiffaphony and bad guy. and the russian investigation an illegal disgrace. those are the words of the president via tweet. schiff's memo is a rebuttal to the republican memo released earlier in the month. the gop memo from congressman devin nunes accused fbi and justice department officials of abusing their powers when they put a former trump campaign aide under surveillance. cnn crime and justice reporter shimon proekupecz is live in washington. walk us through the democratic memo, how it differs from the republican version? >> that's right, fred, major differences in the two memos. it gave us a fuller picture of what exactly the information the fbi and the department of justice provided the judges in seeking the highly secretive and sensitive warrants. for instance, the nunes memo shows us that -- says the dossier was an essential part of getting this fisa warrant, this wiretap warrant on the former campaign adviser where as the schiff memo, the dems memo says that the dossier was used and the info from the dossier was narrowly used. and

nothing and calling the author adam schiff a phony and bad guy. and the russian investigation an illegal disgrace. those are the words of the president via tweet. schiff's memo is a rebuttal to the republican memo released earlier in the month. the gop memo from congressman devin nunes accused fbi and justice department officials of abusing their powers when they put a former trump campaign aide under surveillance. cnn crime and justice reporter shimon proekupecz is live in washington. walk us...

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a fresh attack on the panel's ranking democrat.littleadamschiffwhois desperate to run for higher office is one of the biggest liars and leakers in washington, right up there with comey, warner, brennan and clapper. adam leads closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information, must be stopped. cnn's sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill. sunlen, this tweet coming just hours before the house intel committee meets. what are you hearing? >> reporter: they'll meet at 5:00 p.m. eastern time tonight, brianna, but this sets the stage, this kind of twitter back and forth between president trump and adam schiff, potentially a dramatic closed door committee hearing tonight. the congressman really hitting right back, essentially mocking president trump's twitter habits, mocking his tv watching habits, schiff writing on twitter, quote, mr. president i see you had a busy morning of executive time instead of tweeting false smears. the american people would appreciate it if you turned off the tv and helped solve the funding crisis, protect the dreamers or really anything el

a fresh attack on the panel's ranking democrat. little adam schiff who is desperate to run for higher office is one of the biggest liars and leakers in washington, right up there with comey, warner, brennan and clapper. adam leads closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information, must be stopped. cnn's sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill. sunlen, this tweet coming just hours before the house intel committee meets. what are you hearing? >> reporter: they'll meet at 5:00...

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need to see this, they believe in the interest of transparency, and we heardfromadamschiff, oneof the lead writers of the democratic memo, the ranking member on that committee, saying essentially the fact that the republican memo, the devin nunes memo, was released last week gives weight to the argument that this democratic memo needs to be released. here's what he said this morning. >> this could be very hard for the white house. they tried to make the case that they released the nunes memo in the interest of transparency. so to say, well, we don't want the country to see this is untenable. what i'm more concerned about is they make political redactions, that is not redactions to protect sources or methods which you asked the department of justice and the fbi to do, but redactions to remove information they think is unfavorable to the president. that could be a real problem and that's our main concern at this point. >> reporter: so, again, right now the ball is essentially in president trump's court to decide whether he declassifies it or not. the white house says they're revi

need to see this, they believe in the interest of transparency, and we heard from adam schiff, one of the lead writers of the democratic memo, the ranking member on that committee, saying essentially the fact that the republican memo, the devin nunes memo, was released last week gives weight to the argument that this democratic memo needs to be released. here's what he said this morning. >> this could be very hard for the white house. they tried to make the case that they released the...

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memo's author,congressmanadamschiff, hasshared a copy with the senate intel committee, but it could be a while before its release because it's likely to have some redactions. joining me now is cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin to talk about this. jeffrey, the committee, and it's important to note this because there's actually more republicans on it than democrats, voted unanimously to put up the memo. so if the president decides he's not going to release it, or if there's big changes, big redactions, what options does the house have here? >> well, i think they could go to the full house of representatives, but it's very unlikely that much could happen there. if the president were to say that this document cannot be released, you know, usually that is honored. what would make that so peculiar, as you point out, is that the republicans on the intelligence committee thought it could be released. so, i mean, certainly basic fairness would seem to suggest that it should be released just as the majority republican report was released. >> but no matter what's released today, is this j

memo's author, congressman adam schiff, has shared a copy with the senate intel committee, but it could be a while before its release because it's likely to have some redactions. joining me now is cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin to talk about this. jeffrey, the committee, and it's important to note this because there's actually more republicans on it than democrats, voted unanimously to put up the memo. so if the president decides he's not going to release it, or if there's big changes,...

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the latest. the president decided he is not going to declassifytheadamschiffmemothat was going to come from the committee to rebut the devin nunes memo last week that was released and declassified from the white house with little redaction. despite what we heard from the white house, the process would be the same as we heard last week. to get to the nitty-gritty, show you on screen what was said in a letter to the house intelligence committee democrats that says, sorry, you are not getting the memo, no sot so many words. the president is declined to declassify that schiff memo because it contains numerous properly classified and sensitive passages. he is unable to do so at this time. there's another letter attached to that letter to the justice department instructing them to work with house democrats on the intelligence committee, to try to arrive at a memo that all sides can agree upon. apparently, along with that, we did not see this, but along with that, what was sent to capitol hill, the memo inclued redaxs and revisions that they want the democrats to take into consideration

the latest. the president decided he is not going to declassify the adam schiff memo that was going to come from the committee to rebut the devin nunes memo last week that was released and declassified from the white house with little redaction. despite what we heard from the white house, the process would be the same as we heard last week. to get to the nitty-gritty, show you on screen what was said in a letter to the house intelligence committee democrats that says, sorry, you are not...

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release of an intelligence memo writtenbyadamschiff. nancypelosi says it shows the release of the earlier nunes memo as a blatant political move and asked on twitter what the president had to hide. jim sciutto has more on this story. >> reporter: one week after the president celebrated the release of a republican memo, known as the nunes memo, given a republican view of fbi or alleged fbi abuse of surveillance, one week later, the president blocking, in effect, the release of a democratic version of events and referring it back to the committee for redactions that the president, that the white house says were recommended by the department of justs aice an the fbi. the president in his letter, the letter from his lawyer saying the department, the department of justice, have identified portions of the january 5th memorandum which would create especially significant concerns for the national security and law enforcement interest. now, it is interesting for the president to cite that opposition from the fbi and the department of justice one week after he ignored similar guidance from

release of an intelligence memo written by adam schiff. nancy pelosi says it shows the release of the earlier nunes memo as a blatant political move and asked on twitter what the president had to hide. jim sciutto has more on this story. >> reporter: one week after the president celebrated the release of a republican memo, known as the nunes memo, given a republican view of fbi or alleged fbi abuse of surveillance, one week later, the president blocking, in effect, the release of a...

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as dishonest and misleading. the rankingdemocrat,adamschiffdisputedthe finding saying this ignores that the investigation did not begin with or rise with khris fear steele or the dossier. democrats have their own memo that disputes the republicans findings, but republicans on the house intelligence voted to block its release. the president would not answer whether he would release that memo. the white house issued a statement saying it could. the administration stands ready to work and accommodate oversight requests. the white house tried to clean up the comments from rosenstein saying there's no conversation about firing the deputy attorney general. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >>> well, again, the main allegation in this metrodomo th they tried to fire carter page. >> how does carter page fit into all this? we asked tom foreman to explain. >> reporter: in the long investigation into possible russian meddling in the u.s. election, carter page has become a flash point, not because this one-time adviser to donald trump had a long relationship with russia or he traveled

as dishonest and misleading. the ranking democrat, adam schiff disputed the finding saying this ignores that the investigation did not begin with or rise with khris fear steele or the dossier. democrats have their own memo that disputes the republicans findings, but republicans on the house intelligence voted to block its release. the president would not answer whether he would release that memo. the white house issued a statement saying it could. the administration stands ready to work and...

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. >> the top democrat says the memo is not meant to help the investigation but hurtit.adamschiffcallsthe memo deeply misleading. >> what it ends up delivering is criticism of a single fisa application involving carter page and its renewals that cherry picks information that doesn't tell the reader the whole of the application and as the doj and fbi have said is deeply misleading and fact ally in-accurate. you can cherry pick any fisa court application and do the same thing. >> a lot to digest mere. let's bring in a teacher of international relations in london. we have memogate to throw at you. so depending on who you listen to, it is either deeply misleading or revealing. where do you fall? >> i think it is another step in what has been an ongoing effort to undermine the legitimacy and credibility of this investigation which remember is supposed to be looking into russia's interference in the u.s. presidential election, something that is important to everybo everybody. and we've seen a number of efforts to really get people thinking about something very different. in this case it is

. >> the top democrat says the memo is not meant to help the investigation but hurt it. adam schiff calls the memo deeply misleading. >> what it ends up delivering is criticism of a single fisa application involving carter page and its renewals that cherry picks information that doesn't tell the reader the whole of the application and as the doj and fbi have said is deeply misleading and fact ally in-accurate. you can cherry pick any fisa court application and do the same thing....

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ranking intelligence committeemember,adamschifffromthe democratic side, that memo should have been released at the same time the republican memo release the if there was no untoward situation. >> we will come back to that point. i do want to talk about republican senator john mccain. he blasted his republican colleagues for releasing the nunes memo, saying this, and i am quoting him directly. if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing putin's job for him. and senator mccain says he wants to see the mueller investigation proceed unimpeded. how divisive could this issue prove to be for the republican party? and will others be emboldened to stand up to the president on this issue, do you think? >> someone has to stand up, including republicans, because this issue is much more of the republican party. it is divisive of the united states of america. it can divide people on the constitutional question, become a constitutional crisis because if one faction says one thing and the other says the other, as opposed to allowing the mueller investigation, the special pro

ranking intelligence committee member, adam schiff from the democratic side, that memo should have been released at the same time the republican memo release the if there was no untoward situation. >> we will come back to that point. i do want to talk about republican senator john mccain. he blasted his republican colleagues for releasing the nunes memo, saying this, and i am quoting him directly. if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing putin's job for him. and...

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adamschiff, andhe says this is to clear up some points of the nunes' memo, and some are calling this hi pock ra ra si and what are you hear ing from the white house beyond what the president has tweeted? >> well, obviously, ana, we have to make the point that these are two different documents. the democratic memo is very different than the republican memo, but what people are questioning here is the way that the white house has gone about their review of the two documents. you remember that republicans document the fbi and the department of justice did not want released in any shape or form, and the white house ignored the requests and pushed away anyway. so inside of this memo are certain classified information and talking about methods and practices that are not to be seen by the general public and that was conceded by the house intelligent committee released over to the weekend, but the point here is why is the white house now being so cautious with the d.o.j. recommendation when they weren't with the republican me memo before. and there is concern that if this is going to emerge,

adam schiff, and he says this is to clear up some points of the nunes' memo, and some are calling this hi pock ra ra si and what are you hear ing from the white house beyond what the president has tweeted? >> well, obviously, ana, we have to make the point that these are two different documents. the democratic memo is very different than the republican memo, but what people are questioning here is the way that the white house has gone about their review of the two documents. you remember...

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memo the president is refusing to declassify. here'swhatadamschiff, theranking member of the house intelligence committee said about that today. >> the hi pock ra si reaching out and grabs you by the throat. the republicans writes a member that is described as leaving out material facts the fbi says it's reckless to release it and the president says i'm going to release it before i read it, 100% i'm going to release it. this is a president who puts his interest above the national security interest of the country. they claimed when they released the memo this was in the issue of full transparency. well, apparently it only goes so far. >> is the white house picking and choosing when it wants to be transparent? >> absolutely. we would have seen trump's tax returns by now if they promoted transparency. maybe there are sources in the memo that the public shouldn't see, i don't know, i haven't read it. but if it were the case that the white house doesn't want this to come out because they're worried about the political fallout that would be consistent with this white house's m.o. r

memo the president is refusing to declassify. here's what adam schiff, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee said about that today. >> the hi pock ra si reaching out and grabs you by the throat. the republicans writes a member that is described as leaving out material facts the fbi says it's reckless to release it and the president says i'm going to release it before i read it, 100% i'm going to release it. this is a president who puts his interest above the national...

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parts in house that have their duelling memos. democratrepresentativeadamschiffisset to meet with the fbi to discuss democratic memo that president trump declined to declassify. he apparently ignored the concerns of the fbi and doj in releasing nunes memo and uses that as the reason to block the democrats memo, isn't he? >> i haven't seen the memo. none of us have. only those in the house have actually seen that part of it. it would be interesting to see what that would be. my understanding is there are additional sources and methods revealed in the democratic memo. if so they can go back and redact that or simplify language to put out some of the same issues without revealing sources and methods that are sep exceptionally important we keep classified then they can rerelease that. but i have no idea what is on that. i have no idea what the house is putting together. >> do you want it see the democratic memo? >> i would like to know the sources they are trying from. what we are interested in on the house and republican memo wasn't the memo, it was the sources they are drawing

parts in house that have their duelling memos. democrat representative adam schiff is set to meet with the fbi to discuss democratic memo that president trump declined to declassify. he apparently ignored the concerns of the fbi and doj in releasing nunes memo and uses that as the reason to block the democrats memo, isn't he? >> i haven't seen the memo. none of us have. only those in the house have actually seen that part of it. it would be interesting to see what that would be. my...

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congressional perspective, just sent us a statementfromadamschiff, whois the author of this memo. a lengthy statement. i'm not going to read the entire thing, but i will point out certain aspects of it. schiff writes the democratic response memo released today should put to rest any concerns the american people might have as to the conduct of the fbi, the justice department, and the fisc. and he also goes on to say that this document that we're releasing today is a product of a good faith negotiation between the minority, the fbi, and the doj. and this is interesting. he's attacking the white house because this is being released on a saturday. he says it's unfortunate that the weekend release of the democratic memo by the white house was delayed beyond what was necessary and to the advantage of those seeking to mislead the american public. so that's just a short bit of a lengthy statement from adam schiff, the ranking member on the house intelligence committee, and the author of this rebuttal memo. i want to go now to washington, actually, just outside of washington, the national ha

congressional perspective, just sent us a statement from adam schiff, who is the author of this memo. a lengthy statement. i'm not going to read the entire thing, but i will point out certain aspects of it. schiff writes the democratic response memo released today should put to rest any concerns the american people might have as to the conduct of the fbi, the justice department, and the fisc. and he also goes on to say that this document that we're releasing today is a product of a good faith...

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this for weeks. the memo writtenbyadamschiffandhis staff tries to dismantle the narrative built by the republican majority that the obama administration improperly surveilled the trump campaign. our justice correspondent evan perez has read through the document, and cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez is at the white house. evan, let's start with you. what does this memo say? >> well, this memo contradicts and tries to rebut the argument that was made by devin nunes and the republicans. they said that the christopher steele dossier, the dossier put together by a former british spy and paid for by the democratic national committee and the hillary clinton campaign, they say that that played a crucial role in the decision to open a very intrusive surveillance of carter page, who was a former national security adviser to the trump campaign. and according to this memo that's been released by the democrats, they say that's not exactly the case. they say that the steele dossier was cited in a couple of places in the initial application in october of 2016 that was made to the se

this for weeks. the memo written by adam schiff and his staff tries to dismantle the narrative built by the republican majority that the obama administration improperly surveilled the trump campaign. our justice correspondent evan perez has read through the document, and cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez is at the white house. evan, let's start with you. what does this memo say? >> well, this memo contradicts and tries to rebut the argument that was made by devin nunes and the...

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time it is the democratsledlyadamschiffpublishingtheir retort to the memo released by devin nunes. first a reminder what this is all about. they alleged the obama justice department used information from the steele dossier for a warrant to spy on carter paige. the president held that memo up as proof the fbi was biassed against him in their russia probe. but democrats cried foul saying it was an incomplete picture of what really happened. they have been fighting for weeks to get their own memo released. that included negotiations with the fbi over what needed to be redacted out of national security concerns. i want to get right now to cnn justice correspondent evan perez. we know the fbi was uncomfortable with the release of both of these memos. walk us through them. >> the focus is really the controversy over that dossier put together by the former british spy paid by the hillary clinton campaign. according to the democratic memo released today, they say that the steele dossier played a small role in the surveillance done on carter paige, who if you remember was a former na

time it is the democrats ledly adam schiff publishing their retort to the memo released by devin nunes. first a reminder what this is all about. they alleged the obama justice department used information from the steele dossier for a warrant to spy on carter paige. the president held that memo up as proof the fbi was biassed against him in their russia probe. but democrats cried foul saying it was an incomplete picture of what really happened. they have been fighting for weeks to get their own...

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president trump on fox news talking aboutcongressmanadamschiff. >>they will have a committee meeting and he will leak all sorts of information. you know, he is a bad guy. and certainly the memo was a nothing. >> the president has also been tweeting of course and writes quote the democratic memo response on government surveillance abuse cease total political and legal bust. just confirms all the terrible things that were done so illegal, exclamation point. i want to talk about these memo and allegations about the illegal activity with crime and justi justice reporter. thanks to you both for taking time-out of your sundays. shimone, the president, other republicans, dismissing democratic take on these charges of surveillance abuse as being a nothing but in fact you and others on our team have been through them. there was news in there, was there not? new information? >> yes, certainly there was. you know, quite a few nuggets of information. but the problem here, mostly for the republicans, in that their memo didn't paint the full picture of what was going on. this is exactly wh

president trump on fox news talking about congressman adam schiff. >> they will have a committee meeting and he will leak all sorts of information. you know, he is a bad guy. and certainly the memo was a nothing. >> the president has also been tweeting of course and writes quote the democratic memo response on government surveillance abuse cease total political and legal bust. just confirms all the terrible things that were done so illegal, exclamation point. i want to talk about...

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. committee'sdemocrat,adamschifffoughtfor the rebuttal to be released, now that it's out, perhaps on a saturday afternoon, president trump not holding back about the context or the author. >> well, all you do is you see this adam schiff has a meeting, leaves the meeting, and he calls up reporters, and then all of the sudden they have news, and you're not supposed to do that. it's probably illegal to do it. you know, he'll have a committee meeting and he'll leak all sorts of information. you know, he's a bad guy, but certainly the memo was a nothing. >> cnn crime and justice reporter has read through all ten pages of the memo with our team here, president dismissed it as a bust of the you read through it. what are the facts? >> well, the facts are going to speak for themselves in terms of what the president may think. what the memo did for us yesterday was giave us a fuller picture of the fbi, what the department of justice, the intelligence they were dealing with in the application for the fisa court, dealing with carter page. you know, the republican memos tried to paint

. committee's democrat, adam schiff fought for the rebuttal to be released, now that it's out, perhaps on a saturday afternoon, president trump not holding back about the context or the author. >> well, all you do is you see this adam schiff has a meeting, leaves the meeting, and he calls up reporters, and then all of the sudden they have news, and you're not supposed to do that. it's probably illegal to do it. you know, he'll have a committee meeting and he'll leak all sorts of...

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version and it's one way. you listen to the swalwelloradamschiffversion,it's different. andy mccabe, who i know personally, used to work for me when he was a young s.w.a.t. agent, made a statement in a closed session before the committee. the republicans are saying he said that without the dossier they would have not been able to go forward with the fisa application. democrats are saying that's a bald-faced lie. when the democratic memo comes out and we can take a look at it and sift through all this, that is going to be an important and critical factor. >> let me ask you, tom, and i want you to react to what we hear from congressman mike turner who told me just a short time ago that he, again, on the republican house intelligence committee, and supported this memo, he's very convinced that there is something concerning here. listen. >> purpose of this memo, it even has the heading, fisa abuses of the foreign intelligence surveillance act abuses, is to focus on the issue that campaign funded materials from the hillary campaign were used to obtain a fisa warrant against members of th

version and it's one way. you listen to the swalwell or adam schiff version, it's different. andy mccabe, who i know personally, used to work for me when he was a young s.w.a.t. agent, made a statement in a closed session before the committee. the republicans are saying he said that without the dossier they would have not been able to go forward with the fisa application. democrats are saying that's a bald-faced lie. when the democratic memo comes out and we can take a look at it and sift...

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? >> reporter: theso-calledschiffmemothatadamschifftheranking democrat on the house intelligence committee has put together as a rebuttal as you said of the nunes memo. this memo has more context and paints a much more accurate picture of the circumstances regarding the fisa courts and they're potential impact on the russia investigation. any potential abuses by the department of justice or the fbi. house committee can vote as early as tomorrow to declassify this memo at which point the white house then has five days to potentially object to its release. it's a similar process to what we saw to the release of the nunes memo. we did get a chance to ask raj shah if he believed the president would be declassify the schiff memo. he said he believes the president would, the question of course because the president has based so much on the devin nunes memo is what political incentive he might have. democrats are pushing hard. here's a statement from chuck schumer released earlier today. i believe it is a matter of fundamental fairness that the american people be allowed to

? >> reporter: the so-called schiff memo that adam schiff the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee has put together as a rebuttal as you said of the nunes memo. this memo has more context and paints a much more accurate picture of the circumstances regarding the fisa courts and they're potential impact on the russia investigation. any potential abuses by the department of justice or the fbi. house committee can vote as early as tomorrow to declassify this memo at which...

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along party lines to reveal it publicly.congressmanadamschifftweetedwednesday, quote, discovered late tonight that chairman nunes made material changes to the memo he sent to the white house, changes not approved by the committee. white house therefore reviewing a document the committee has not approved for release. chairman nunes calls the complaint strange saying the changes were, quote, minor edits including grasmaticcal fixes and to edits requested by the fbi and by the minority themselves. okay. let's just dive in. i have with me chris eliza and shawn turner. and gentlemen, chris, first to you, from what evan perez just told us, are we potentially functioning in a reality where this administration may be saying good-bye whether it's they're on their own volition to not to not just one but two heads of the fbi? >> i think we could be, brooke, because i just don't -- knowing what i know about donald trump over the last, you know, two and a half years of covering him, i don't see how he reverses from his public 100% promise that this memo is going to be released. the reason why

along party lines to reveal it publicly. congressman adam schiff tweeted wednesday, quote, discovered late tonight that chairman nunes made material changes to the memo he sent to the white house, changes not approved by the committee. white house therefore reviewing a document the committee has not approved for release. chairman nunes calls the complaint strange saying the changes were, quote, minor edits including grasmaticcal fixes and to edits requested by the fbi and by the minority...

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fact, i just got off a conference callwithadamschiff, rankingdemocrat on the house intelligence committee who laid out a number of concerns with some of the allegations in this memo. i'll tick through some of them. one of the big allegations in the republican memo is what the deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, told the house intelligence committee in december. in the republican memo, it alleges that mccabe said that no surveillance warrant of carter page would have been sought from that secret court without the steele dossier information. when schiff was just asked that, he said the statement does not represent fully what mccabe told the house intelligence committee. he also said that the panel was told by andrew mccabe that the, quote, genesis of the investigation into russia did not begin with the dossier. in addition to that, wolf, schiff also said it's, quote, not accurate, that the court was not aware of that former british agent christopher steele's potential political motivations. in fact, he said the court was aware that there were, quote, likely political motiva

fact, i just got off a conference call with adam schiff, ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee who laid out a number of concerns with some of the allegations in this memo. i'll tick through some of them. one of the big allegations in the republican memo is what the deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, told the house intelligence committee in december. in the republican memo, it alleges that mccabe said that no surveillance warrant of carter page would have been sought from...

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, that dossier paid for by democrats. the rankingdemocrat,adamschiffsaidthat's not true, he didn't say that. some of the items in this memo, it would seem, we'll get to the bottom of sooner or later. don't you agree? >> yes. i mean, everything in there is verifiable. to be honest with you, jake, if this memo was intended to actually help the president, whoever wrote it needs to be fired because i think it actually makes the opposite point. as michael just said, if the dossier actually played any role in getting the fisa, it means parts of it were verified or corroborated. and beyond that, i just want to point out that the memo discloses that this fisa was renewed three times. nbc has reported that that was done by separate judges each time. that means that this passed over the eyes of four different judges over the course of one year. and just to your earlier point, let's remember that this controversy was in the new every single day. the republicans were the ones making sure that this was discussed and tried to be discredited, et cetera. judges live in the world like anyone else.

, that dossier paid for by democrats. the ranking democrat, adam schiff said that's not true, he didn't say that. some of the items in this memo, it would seem, we'll get to the bottom of sooner or later. don't you agree? >> yes. i mean, everything in there is verifiable. to be honest with you, jake, if this memo was intended to actually help the president, whoever wrote it needs to be fired because i think it actually makes the opposite point. as michael just said, if the dossier...